This report is
a country study of Argentina of the foresight part of Neo-Carbon Energy project.
In this research project, a new renewables-based energy production, storage
system and products are being developed by VTT Technical Research Centre of
Finland, Lappeenranta University of Technology (LUT) and University of Turku –
Finland Futures Research Centre (FFRC). In the neo-carbon system, energy is
produced by solar and wind technologies and can be stored into synthetic
methane. Fossil-based products are substituted with synthetic processes based
on renewable electricity. These processes are also called power-to-X
technologies.

Energy futures
do not only concern energy production technologies because the whole-of-society
will be affected by this new energy system. Furthermore, the future energy
system and energy landscape are influenced by people’s values and lifestyles.
It is important to explore different scenarios of how neo-carbon energy system
can affect a society, businesses, individual’s life and relationships.
Furthermore, what decisions are done in the present can make the neo-carbon
energy future thrive.

In this case
study, Argentina’s renewable energy futures are explored and discussed. Past
energy policies and developments, affected by economic and political drivers,
have built a setting for the country that does not allow it to capture the true
potential that is offered by renewable energy. However, Argentina launched
comprehensive programs to change the situation in 2016. In addition, the study
presents results of an expert survey that explores the potential of neo-carbon
energy solutions in Argentina.